Re: Athlon 64 questions

Posted on 2019-03-17, 10:18

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I understand what the problem with the underfill was and why it lead to bumps failing. My objection wasn't that this isn't happening, merely to the idea that the problem would be exacerbated with passively cooled cards. My experience with passive cards has been that while they run hotter under load, …

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Re: AMD K6-2 550AGR being identified as a K6-2 450?

Posted on 2019-03-17, 00:52

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by frudi

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Does the board actually support the 5.5 multiplier and K6-2 550 model? Did you configure the jumpers properly? If you can find a newer BIOS, it might help flashing it. Also, try setting the multiplier to 1.5x or 2x, that sometimes works on boards that don't support high enough multipliers.

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Re: Athlon 64 questions

Posted on 2019-03-16, 23:44

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that is not how it works. ANY temperature change is causing damage in this case not merely sudden ones, which aren't really a thing anyway. I worded it poorly, I didn't mean that slower temperature changes don't cause damage, they do. But the faster and bigger the temperature change, the higher the …

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Re: Athlon 64 questions

Posted on 2019-03-16, 15:12

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That is correct. However, that means a passively cooled card will likely last longer than an actively cooled one. It's not running hot that causes damage to the solder bumps, but recurring sudden temperature changes. Since the passive card will generally run hotter at idle and takes a long time to …

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Re: Radeon HD 2400 Pro - Faulty or just weak?

Posted on 2019-03-15, 11:04

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The HD 2400 is a really weak card, so my guess is the performance you're seeing is not far off from what you can realistically expect from it. Its performance was absolute trash when it launched in 2007, so I can definitely see it being the rough equivalent of a mid-range card from 2003-ish era, …

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Re: What CPU can I use with this motherboard ?

Posted on 2019-03-14, 06:26

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I have the same revision (1.9) of this board and after flashing the newest bios it recognises and runs an 866 MHz Slot 1 Coppermine just fine. It should support everything up to 1.1 GHz (100 MHz FSB) and 1.0 GHz (133 MHz FSB) Coppermines, since their multipliers are locked anyway. Mine also supports …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-13, 11:26

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I got a quad of 'for parts only' intel 486 CPUs on ebay recently and they finally arrived: https://i.imgur.com/qBVAJeU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jXISuAM.jpg It took a bit of time to straighten out all the pins and especially to scrape the rock-hard glue/cement off the DX2 chip. But finally, after …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-12, 07:54

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I also finally came across a Super Socket 7 board (Soltek SL54U5 or U1 - can't read the cache chips, but it's a Rev3.0 with support for 400MHz+ CPUs) with an AGP slot and grabbed it for $16, including the CPU on top (which is a boring Pentium 133 if my eyes don't fail me) It seems to be lacking a …

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Re: Authenticity vs Power

Posted on 2019-03-05, 09:06

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In 2009 (ten years ago), you'd have been able to keep literally everything except the CPU, motherboard and GPU (and possibly PSU if you went over-the-top on GPU) from a 1999 ATX build. A 1999 PSU would have been pretty much useless in 2009. Not only did the power requirements go through the roof in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-26, 17:57

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I was strolling through the local flea market today when I spotted a cardboard box full of all motherboards and some other components among a bunch of tools, pots and other non-computer items, just laid out on a blanket on the ground. On top of the pile, recognisable from far away, was the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-25, 07:17

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Technically true :), but he would have had a hell of a time selling most of the rest of that stuff individually. The rest of the boards are really not very interesting, mostly low end generic stuff, even for their day. And most require at least a decent cleaning and some TLC before trying to turn …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-24, 13:55

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I was strolling through the local flea market today when I spotted a cardboard box full of all motherboards and some other components among a bunch of tools, pots and other non-computer items, just laid out on a blanket on the ground. On top of the pile, recognisable from far away, was the …

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Re: Windows XP Help me pick a CPU

Posted on 2019-02-01, 21:26

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For an i5/i7 build, I'd go with a dual-boot of Windows XP and Windows 7, both 32-bit for maximum compatibility (since some late 2000's games can have issues with 64-bit Windows and 4 GB RAM is enough for games up to about 2010-2012 anyway). That way you get proper support for DX10, DX11 and SSDs in …

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Re: Windows XP Help me pick a CPU

Posted on 2019-02-01, 10:31

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GTA IV is a late 2008, practically 2009, game. If you want to play games that recent on an XP build, then it does make sense to go with a quad core. Though in that case you might as well go for a socket 1155 build with an unlocked i5/i7. A bit more expensive, but performance upgrade is also massive. …

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Re: Windows XP Help me pick a CPU

Posted on 2019-01-31, 06:53

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Well, some quads are cheap, like Q6x00 or Q8x00 series. But anything above Q9400 starts getting expensive fast, especially the Q9x50 chips. Of course there's always Xeons, they're cheaper, but you have to deal with modding the chips and your motherboard's bios. Not a huge deal, but it can put some …

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Re: Windows XP Help me pick a CPU

Posted on 2019-01-30, 11:53

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P4 521 HT Technology 2.8GHz. 1MB cache, 800MHz FSB or Pentium D 930 3.0GHz, 4MB cache, 800MHz FSB Honestly, I wouldn't use either. Any Core 2 Duo will run circles around both of these at half the power draw and you can get one for absolutely dirt cheap, like $5 or less. You can put together a very …

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Re: ABIT series 7 motherboard catalog

Posted on 2019-01-10, 23:03

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by frudi

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Here is a pretty thorough list of old Abit motherboards, sorted by socket/slot type.

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Re: Power warning with old ASUS P3B-F with new gen EVGA 450W PSU

Posted on 2019-01-09, 01:19

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Maybe a BIOS update would get rid of the warnings? I don't have any Asus boards from that era to test, but my Gigabyte 6BXE also showed warnings on boot because of the random phantom -5V readings with a modern PSU and, more annoyingly, would continuously beep the pc speaker as a warning. A BIOS …

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Re: Nice Garage find. All was going fine until I connected the CDROM

Posted on 2018-12-29, 13:29

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Anyway I can't see how connecting the CDROM IDE cable can stop the system POSTing? Any suggestions guys? Maybe the IDE cable is oriented incorrectly, I've seen many motherboards from that era refuse to POST if any IDE device is not connected properly. Make sure all IDE connections are oriented …

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